We are going to do some spaghetti and meat balls tonight. I made a batch of my sauce Sunday and have a couple of qts ready to go. I also have a nice fresh loaf of Italian bread we got this morning so garlic bread will also be on the menu. I will also be making up a simple salad of lettuce, tomatoes, olives, cucumber, garbanzo beans, red onions and beets with Roasted Garlic, basil, parsley balsamic olive oil vinaigrette.
I have legs and thighs defrosting, hopefully my Penzys order will come in today. Gonna try the masala.
I sure hope you're talking about chicken, lol
Pardon me, Joe, but what is "simple" about that salad?
Do you make your sauce one a week?
I make sauce as I go, for a specific dinner, but always have leftover for more meals or the freezer. I hadn't thought about making a huge batch... probably because sometimes I like different things in it. Sometimes mushrooms, sometimes not, sometimes sausage, sometime a different meat, sometimes sweet... you get the idea. I'd like to get into a once a month (or so) habit, but don't know how I'd swing it having a varied taste like I do.
I will sometimes make a small pan sauce but rarely now. After I cook mine till about done I use a stick blender to get it smoother but carefully not to over do it. Once there I let it reduce a bit more about 30 minutes or so. Now if I need a meat sauce, sausage or like tonight where I'm making meat balls it is easy to do. Now if I want meat I will brown it a bit then add it to the sauce, or sausage I pouch them a bit then add them to the warm sauce and let it simmer till meat is done. Meat balls I don't brown or cook simply put them in the hot simmering sauce and let them cook in the sauce for about 40 minutes as I'm doing for dinner tonight.
Not sure yet...but I'm getting hungry!!! Maybe just a Bagel toasted with cream cheese cucumber and tomatoes....I'll let you know
I'm sorry, RM. I hope it's not the flu!I'm not feeling well so it's going to be a dumb dinner kinda night
I'm sorry, RM. I hope it's not the flu!
I'm not feeling well so it's going to be a dumb dinner kinda night
Well the dumb dinner has given me thought...
What exactly is a dumb dinner? Snack food, microwave food, pick at this and that food, make me feel better food? Or I probably won't even eat food? (huh?) lol
Hope everybody kicks what's ailing them!